DouglasR
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If I make it out.I’m impressed you attempted it.
Timberline laps have been fun today.
See you at Outer Range in a couple hours?
This is turning into a bow hunt.
Learning to ski powder with a 50ish lbs pack is a treat.
Colorado ski partners wanted
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This is turning into a bow hunt.
Learning to ski powder with a 50ish lbs pack is a treat.
DouglasR
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Hold up is the red or blue the summit of elbert?
DouglasR
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Still wasn’t a bad ski.
People are gonna be really upset/confused about what I did to that skin track tho.
People are gonna be really upset/confused about what I did to that skin track tho.
DouglasR
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Hunttalk’s do weird.
Apparently I skied off the summit of the highest mountain in Colorado today.
Who the hell saw that coming
-Dougs
*notice that stache
Apparently I skied off the summit of the highest mountain in Colorado today.
Who the hell saw that coming
-Dougs
*notice that stache
Irrelevant
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filthy...
MThuntr
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Looks a bit rocky...if you ain't sparking then you ain't riding!Hunttalk’s do weird.
Apparently I skied off the summit of the highest mountain in Colorado today.
Who the hell saw that coming
-Dougs
*notice that stache
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noharleyyet
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Pornstache needs a little time lapse . . . ; )
DouglasR
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Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado, but I’m pretty sure it’s one of the easiest 14ers to climb.
Kinda just a big hill.
All class 1. No hands required.
DouglasR
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Yeah, conditions were dog shit, but I was able to ski off the top and never had to put the skins back on during the descent.
Maybe walked a mile of the 6ish down.
DouglasR
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All the cool guys have that gap! If I had to give up the recognition for the mustache gap to anyone nims is a worthy replacement
noharleyyet
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Yep, it isn’t technically demanding, but as I mentioned over text, virtually zero skiing visitors to CO would/have hiked and skied a 14er in winter. You’re in a small club. You’ve earned another ORB 4-pack from me for the gumption. I was gassed climbing the 200 yards up burnt mt at snowmass last Saturday and I live here
Irrelevant
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Come try a 14-ers that has a bit more coverage.
DouglasR
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16 days left in project thotssible and...
One of my biggest fears on this project...
I think I’m sick...
But I tell myself, Dougs you are only 45% f*****.
One of my biggest fears on this project...
I think I’m sick...
But I tell myself, Dougs you are only 45% f*****.
I demo’ed both of these today @ big sky (but the Backlands were the 100mm waist version since I’m looking for an all mountain ski). Caveat - It was a horrible day to demo all-mountain skis given the powder conditions and I should have stuck to my Icelantics but was too late to cancel. Also tried a pair of Volkls but I forgot the model since I hated them.
As you would expect, the Enforcers were good in powder/trees, they were the first pair in the morning so besides cat tracks there wasn’t much to try out their non-powder performance. I found a couple skied out bump runs in the afternoon and the Backlands were impressive on those shorter radius turns, mostly given how much lighter they are, but they also seemed to fit the style of an 80’s skier like me better (e.g. getting “keep those knees tight together!“ yelled at me constantly in my youth).
Aside: BS is really thin this year. A couple of my favorite glades were borderline dangerous with logs and rocks 2” under. The above tree line stuff is buyer beware territory with exposed rocks. I hope this spring squall weather keeps coming for all you SW Montanan’s.
Aside #2: if any of you local MT folks are up (down) this way tomorrow, or craving a beer @ Map Brewing Tuesday at noon (our traditional pre-flight lunch stop), give a holler.
MThuntr
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My daily drivers are Enforcer 100s if you're skiing lifts with mixed conditions those would be the only ski in my bag. They're just too heavy for touring.
I need to try both of those models again on a bluebird day. I was also mentally sulking because I had the perfect pair of skis for the day‘s conditions sitting in the hotel 7 miles away.
Wildabeest
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After skiing race skis pretty much my whole life, the Enforcers took some getting used to on the groomers. Takes a bit more efffort to get them on edge and they are not nearly as quick on turn transitions. But that being said, I find myself going to them more and more as my daily choice. Since getting them I actually enjoy popping into non-pristine terrain, and the slalom skis are completely worthless for that. If I could only have one pair of skis, I’d be pretty happy with the Enforcer 100’s.
